Financiamento público, preparação olímpica e aplicação de recursos: o caso da confederação brasileira de handebol / Public funding, olympic preparation and resources application: the case of the brazilian handball confederation

RESUMO Esse estudo, de caráter documental, teve como objetivo investigar o volume e a aplicação de recursos públicos federais da CBHb no período entre 2008 e 2016, em relação as funções estabelecidas às entidades de administração do esporte, pelo Sistema Brasileiro do Desporto. Identificou-se as principais receitas da entidade e coletou-se documentos e prestações de contas (e.g. e-SIC, ME e COB) contendo os valores dos repasses e suas aplicações. Considerou-se apenas os valores executados pela entidade. No período, a CBHb executou R$ 129,6 milhões, que, embora segmentados, teve como a principal fonte os repasses de empresas estatais (41%). Em sua maioria, os recursos apresentaram interrupções e expressivas variações, mas que ao longo do período sofreram um aumento expressivo, justificado pela necessidade de impulsionar a preparação olímpica. Os dados apontaram para uma sobreposição no uso das políticas de financiamento quanto sua aplicação no esporte de elite e suas áreas de atuação. Identificou-se a ausência de uma política estruturada que garanta a oferta de atividades esportivas nas esferas educacionais e de participação que, consequentemente, alimentam o esporte de elite. Além disso, as políticas desenvolvidas se caracterizaram como ações que embora retardem o abandono do esporte, tendem a não estimular a renovação esportiva.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this documentary study was to investigate the amount and allocation of public funding directed to the CBHb in the period between 2008 and 2016, in relation to the functions established to sports federations, by the Brazilian System of Sports. The main revenues of the entity were identified, and documents and accounts (e.g. e-SIC, ME e BOC) that contained the amounts of the onlendings were collected. Were considered only the values executed by the entity. In the period, CBHb executed R $ 129.6 million, which, although segmented, had as its main source the resources coming from state-owned companies (41%). For the most part, resources presented interruptions and significant variations in their onlendings, however, over the period, they suffered a significant increase, justified by the need to boost the Olympic preparation. The data pointed to an overlap in the use of financing policies regarding its application in elite sport and its areas of activity. It was identified the absence of a structured policy that guarantees the provision of sports activities in other spheres that, consequently, feed the elite sport. The policies developed have been characterized as actions that, although delaying the abandonment of sports, tend not to stimulate sports renewal.

[The process of the institutionalization of sport for individuals with disabilities in Brazil: a federal legislative analysis]. / O processo de institucionalização do esporte para pessoas com deficiência no Brasil: uma análise legislativa federal.

The scope of this study was to analyze the legal norms that have underpinned the alignment of organizational structures in the area of sports directed to individuals with disabilities in Brazil. The theoretical and methodological benchmark of the New Cultural History was based on the analysis of legal documents, as well as oral sources, which consist of three interviews with athletes who have experienced the period before the creation of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. These sources were subjected to the technique of document analysis. The study has shown that the process of the institutionalization of sport for people with disabilities in Brazil was marked by a slow pace of consolidation, which directly influenced the actions of sports entities and the athletes' performance in competitions. With the creation of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee in 2005, the actions were centralized and a new Brazilwide structure was established. Since the second half of the 1990s, Brazilian Paralympic sport has made significant advances and reaped results in the Paralympic Games. The expectation is that this version of history will foster further studies and also preserve the sporting memory of the country that is hosting the Paralympic Games in 2016.

O processo de institucionalização do esporte para pessoas com deficiência no Brasil: uma análise legislativa federal / The process of the institutionalization of sport for individuals with disabilities in Brazil: a federal legislative analysis

Resumo O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar as normativas legais que orientaram a conformação das estruturas organizacionais no campo esportivo, direcionadas às pessoas com deficiência no Brasil. Privilegiou-se o referencial teórico-metodológico da Nova História Cultural, assentando-se na análise de documentos legais, bem como de fontes orais, as quais consistem de três entrevistas com atletas que vivenciaram o período que antecedeu a criação do Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. Tais fontes foram submetidas à técnica da análise documental. O estudo demonstrou que o processo de institucionalização do esporte para pessoas com deficiência no Brasil foi marcado por um ritmo lento de consolidação, o que influenciou de maneira direta as ações das entidades esportivas e o desempenho dos atletas em competições. Com a criação do Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro, em 2005, as ações foram centralizadas e uma nova conformação instaurou-se em âmbito nacional. Desde a segunda metade da década de 1990, o esporte paralímpico brasileiro demonstrou significativos avanços e resultados nos Jogos Paralímpicos. Espera-se, por meio desta versão da história, contribuir com outros estudos e também preservar a memória esportiva do país que sediará os Jogos Paralímpicos em 2016.

Abstract The scope of this study was to analyze the legal norms that have underpinned the alignment of organizational structures in the area of sports directed to individuals with disabilities in Brazil. The theoretical and methodological benchmark of the New Cultural History was based on the analysis of legal documents, as well as oral sources, which consist of three interviews with athletes who have experienced the period before the creation of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. These sources were subjected to the technique of document analysis. The study has shown that the process of the institutionalization of sport for people with disabilities in Brazil was marked by a slow pace of consolidation, which directly influenced the actions of sports entities and the athletes’ performance in competitions. With the creation of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee in 2005, the actions were centralized and a new Brazilwide structure was established. Since the second half of the 1990s, Brazilian Paralympic sport has made significant advances and reaped results in the Paralympic Games. The expectation is that this version of history will foster further studies and also preserve the sporting memory of the country that is hosting the Paralympic Games in 2016.

Grants for adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces. Final rule.

This final rule amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to establish a new program to provide grants to eligible entities to provide adaptive sports activities to disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces. This rulemaking is necessary to implement a change in the law that authorizes VA to make grants to entities other than the United States Olympic Committee for adaptive sports programs. It establishes procedures for evaluating grant applications under this grant program, and otherwise administering the grant program. This rule implements section 5 of the VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013.

Golf in the United States: an evolution of accessibility.

Golf affords physical and psychological benefits to persons who are physically challenged. Advances in adaptive technology, changes in golf course design, and rules modifications have enabled persons with neurological, musculoskeletal, and other impairments to play golf at a recreational, elite amateur, or professional level. The Americans with Disabilities Act has been cited in both federal and US Supreme Court rulings that have improved access for physically challenged golfers. Medical specialties, including physiatry, have played an important role in this process. This article reviews the history of golf's improvements in accessibility, and provides clinicians and physically challenged golfers with information that will facilitate participation in the sport.

Managing diversity and European policy: Towards a typology for sport pedagogy.

This article adds to the growing body of knowledge in sport pedagogy and focuses specifically upon the intersection of gender and disability. Its purpose is twofold, to create a typology for examining good practice in sport pedagogy that is reflective and inclusive and raises awareness of the diverse needs of all participants in physical activity 'regardless' of gender and ability for all children. We acknowledge that access to physical activity, education and sport are complex and multifaceted, however, the main purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of 'diversity' by focusing specifically upon the role of gender and ability. Through an examination of gender and disability policies in official European Union (EU) policy documents and commercial examples of policy-in-practice we propose a typology for diversity and diversity management. A close look at EU level is instructive because national policies of the member countries vary a lot with respect to diversity issues but should be in accordance in the main areas. Such a reading enables the building of a typology of recommendations for how such policy can be rendered in sport pedagogy practice. We suggest six significant, but related principles that include (1) mainstreaming; (2) teaching and coaching sensitive to difference; (3) empowerment; (4) inclusion; (5) adaptation; and (6) inner differentiation. This holistic typology seeks to 'mainstream' issues of gender and disability policy by providing a set of principles that can be applied to a range of teaching and coaching settings.

Testing for boosting at the Paralympic games: policies, results and future directions.

BACKGROUND: 'Boosting' is defined as the intentional induction of autonomic dysreflexia (AD) by athletes with a spinal cord injury (SCI) at or above the level of T6 for the purpose of improving sports performance. Boosting has been shown to confer up to a 9.7% improvement in race time. Additionally, to compete in a hazardous dysreflexic state, whether intentional or unintentional, would present an extreme health risk to the athlete. For these reasons, the International Paralympic Committee strictly bans the practice of boosting, and has developed a protocol to test for its presence. METHODS: Testing was performed at three major international Paralympic events. Education regarding the dangers of AD was provided to athletes and team staff. Testing was conducted on athletes from the relevant sport classes: Athletics (wheelchair racing classes T51/T52/T53) and Handcycling (H1). Key parameters included the athlete's demographics (gender, country of origin), classification and blood pressure measurements. An extremely elevated blood pressure was considered to be a proxy maker for AD, and a systolic blood pressure of ≥180 mm Hg was considered a positive test. RESULTS: A total of 78 tests for the presence of AD were performed during the three games combined. No athlete tested positive. The number of athletes tested, by classification, was: 6 in Athletics T51, 47 in Athletics T52, 9 in Athletics T53 and 16 in Handcycling H1. Of those tested, the average systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 135 mm Hg (range 98-178) and 82 mm Hg (range 44-112), respectively. All athletes were compliant with testing. No athletes were withdrawn from competition due to the presence of AD. DISCUSSION: Testing for the presence of AD in paralympic athletes with SCI prior to competition has been carried out for the first time at three major international paralympic competitions. There have been no positive tests thus far. Knowledge gained during these early testing experiences will be used to guide ongoing refinement of the testing protocol and the development of further educational initiatives.